Format:
xvi, 305 Seiten
ISBN:
9780367540586
Series Statement:
Law and religion
Content:
"The ecumenical movement, with its historical theological focus, has failed to-date to address the role of church law in shaping relations between churches and fostering greater mutual understanding between them. In turn, theologians and jurists from the different traditions have not hitherto worked together on a fully ecumenical appreciation of the potential value of church laws to help, and sometimes to hinder, the achievement of greater Christian unity. This book seeks to correct this ecumenical church law deficit. It takes account of the recent formulation by an ecumenical panel of a Statement of Principles of Christian Law which has been welcomed by Pope Francis and the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, leader of the Orthodox Church worldwide, as recognizing the importance of canon law for ecumenical dialogue. This book, therefore, provides not only the fruits of an understanding of church laws within ten Christian traditions, but critically evaluates the Statement against the laws of these individual ecclesial communities"--
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781003084273
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Doe, Norman, 1957 - Church Laws and Ecumenism Milton : Taylor & Francis Group, 2020 ISBN 9781000192872
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Church laws and ecumenism Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge,, 2020 ISBN 9781003084273
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1003084273
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781000192872
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1000192873
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ISBN 9781000192834
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ISBN 1000192830
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ISBN 9781000192858
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1000192857
Language:
English
Keywords:
Kirchenrecht
;
Ökumenische Bewegung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
